Strep -- United States
The Alaska section of epidemiology reported on Tuesday morning [29 Nov 2016] that an additional death in Fairbanks was not originally included in its data. The story has been updated to reflect 4 deaths due to group A streptococcal infection, instead of 3, as previously reported.
A new strain of group A streptococcus [GAS or _Streptococcus pyogenes_] bacteria first identified in Fairbanks [Alaska] in early 2016 has caused an outbreak in Anchorage [Alaska], mainly among the homeless
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2fQ5UTv
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